The Pirates of Penzanceby William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
A comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where it was well received by both audiences and critics.Its London debut was on 3 April 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for 363 performances.
Cast
Narrator: Julie VW
Frederic: Karen Savage
Pirate King: StephenC
Samuel: Phil Chenevert
Ruth: Liberty Stump
Major-General Stanley: Kevin S. Mellis
Mabel: Catharine Eastman
Edith: BookAngel7
Kate: Ezwa
Isabel: JemmaBlythe
Sergeant of Police: John Fricker
Chorus:
Alex Foster
BookAngel7
Catharine Eastman
Ezwa
Fred DeBerardinis
Helen Song
Henry Frigon
Jane Smith
JemmaBlythe
John Fricker
Karen Savage
Liberty Stump
Miriam Esther Goldman
StephenC
ToddHW
This is a sequel of sorts to 37 American Poems, one of my first solos. Concentration here is on late 19th to early 20th Century works by US poets. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
This is the sweet story of a paralyzed man in Venice, who sees out of his window a young girl across the way. Unbeknownst to her, she brightens his days over the course of several years, and he begins to fall in love with her. One day he throws out a flower into the canal between them to say “good morning” and she responds in kind. They still haven’t spoken a word, but his heart is lifted. Until, that is, the young maid grows up and the gondolier boys start calling on her.
